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Bishop, Isabella Lucy (Bird)
(Encyclopedia) Bishop, Isabella Lucy (Bird), 1831–1904, English traveler and writer, first woman member of the Royal Geographical Society. She traveled extensively and wrote a number of books,…Walt Whitman: Who Learns My Lesson Complete?
Who Learns My Lesson Complete?Who learns my lesson complete? Boss, journeyman, apprentice, churchman and atheist, The stupid and the wise thinker, parents and offspring, merchant, clerk,…Spencer, Anna Garlin
(Encyclopedia) Spencer, Anna Garlin, 1851–1931, American educator, feminist, and Unitarian minister, b. Attleboro, Mass. She married the Rev. William H. Spencer in 1878. She was a leader in the woman…Rankin, Jeannette
(Encyclopedia) Rankin, Jeannette, 1880–1973, American pacifist, b. Missoula, Mont. She was active in social work and campaigned for woman suffrage. A Republican, she was the first woman in the United…Speaks Out on Child Labor and Woman Suffrage
by FlorenceKelley We have, in this country, two million children under the age of sixteen years who are earning their bread. They vary in age from six and seven years (in the cotton…The Congress of Women: The Woman's National Indian Association
by Mrs. Amelia S. Quinton The Feast of Columbia, 1493-1893.Woman's Sphere from a Woman's StandpointThe Woman's National Indian Association Mrs. Amelia S. Quinton was born near Syracuse, N.…A Sermon on the Public Function of Woman - Classes of Women
by Theodore Parker Classes of WomenThe Nature of WomenPublic Functions of WomenLet us look, and see what women may do here.First, there are Intellectual Pursuits-devotion to science, art,…A Sermon on the Public Function of Woman - The Nature of Women
by Theodore Parker The Nature of WomenRights of WomenBy nature, woman has the same Political Rights that man has,-to vote, to hold office, to make and administer laws. These she has a…A Sermon on the Public Function of Woman - Rights of Women
by Theodore Parker PrefaceSermon Psalm CXLIV: 12.- “That our daughters may be as corner-stones.“ Last Sunday, I spoke of the Domestic Function of Woman-what she may do for the…Aesop's Fables: The Old Woman and the Wine-Jar
by Aesop The Wolf, the Mother, and Her ChildThe Lioness and the VixenThe Old Woman and the Wine-Jar An old Woman picked up an empty Wine-jar which had once contained a rare and costly wine…